Roger Avary sentenced for fatal crash

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Film writer Roger Avary has been sentenced to a year in prison for causing a 2008 car crash in Ojai, Calif., that left one passenger dead.

Avary pleaded guilty in August to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other charges.

Police said he was drunk and speeding when he crashed his Mercedes into a telephone pole, killing 34-year-old Andreas Zini and ejecting Avary's wife, Gretchen, from the vehicle, seriously injuring her.

The Los Angeles Times reported his sentencing Thursday.

Avary, 44, won an Oscar for co-writing the 1994 movie "Pulp Fiction" with Quentin Tarantino. His other film credits include "Beowulf," "Silent Hill" and "The Rules of Attraction."